The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-22

rnB engineers on tho Brooklyn Eleva,
Cd railroad went on = strike on tho 18th
and trailc was suspended.
kKroRrs from Bollinsford. somers
worth and Harrington. N H.. state that
slight shock Of earthquake was felt 4
those towns on the morning OF the 18th.
FRINGE FERDINAND Of SAKE Coburg hal
gone 20 st. Petersburg TO solicit tn
Csar's consent 70 his acceptance Of the
Bulgarian throne.
SEVENTEEN lives are now known h
have been Loaf In the thcater dre q Hur
10y, VIA
DENNIS CAHILz, aged forty-seven years
well-to-do farmer. residing at Wood
bridge. Conn.,, was digging hole to bur,
stone weighing ton on the 18th. wher
the stone rolled down upon him. killing
and burying him instantly. He wa
crushed terribly.
Raw. WILLIAM w. TURNER, for many
years principal Of the American Asylum
for the Deaf and Dumb. 1t Hartford, Conn.
IN early associate OF Laurent Clerc and
Thomas H. Galaudet. and one Of the
earliest teachers Of deaf mutes in THU
country, died on the 11th At the ago ol
eighty-scven years. He was graduated
at Yale In 1919. and was one Of the oldest
| living graduates.
| rnERE wore five new cases Of fever 70
ported 1t Key west on the 18th and one
| death
A TERRIBLE connagration has visited
| Witepsk, In northern Russia, destroying
| as dwellings and business houses, the
| police ofhces, six school buildings and q
bank. Thousands Of persons are rem.
dered homeless. and many lost their
lives In their efforts TO escape the nameA
The loss Is estimated ut 20)0, 100 rou bles.
New whisky frau II have been discov-
cred In certain Kentucky distilleries by
which the managers will lose $4,000.
IT was stated ~ St. Peters burg on the
18th that Turkey had approved Of the
election Of Prince Ferdinand a. Prince OF
Bulgaria
The Vanderbilt family arrived in En-.
gland on the 18th on their yachting tour
around the world.
PRESIDENT AND MRsL CLEVELAND ar
rived at Holland Patent, N. ", on the
the l2th, and attended the celebration at
Clinton on the 18th.
SENIOR CHEScHrLLA, formerly Captain
General Of Porto Rico, has been promised
the Captain Gene rails hip Of Cuba
FIRE at the Pelzer Cotton Factory, near
Greenville. 8. c., on the 18th, burned 20
600 bales OF cottca. Loss, 800, GOD; fully
insured.
In the British House Of Commons on the
18th, John Dillon, In bitter terms, opposed
the government Land Purchase bill for
Ireland.
THE French Government has acceded 10
SPANS request 70 ex pei Ruiz Gorilla il he
should prove to be concerned in revolu-
tionary movements.
The Cincinnati police court has finally
shut up the shops where the game Of
policy" has been carried on. Heretofore
there have been arrests. but failures to
prove the charges
In the six months ending June s. there
were imported to this country 20,699 tons
Of steel rails. against LIS tons in the cor
responding period, 1885 and 49, 363 tons OF
steel blooms. against 6 $50 tons in the drst
half Of the year 1854
FIPTY THOUSAND Orangemen met At
Lurgan. Ireland on the 18th. to celebrate
the anniversary Of the battle OF the
Boyne. The Earl Of Erne presided. A
crowd Of Catholics stoned the Orange
procession in Belfast
SOMEWHAT Unexpectedly. q final decree
was entered BY order OF Judge Sage at
Cincinnati, on the 18th, In the case Of w.
4 Trenholm, Comptroller OF the Cur
rency, against the Fidelity National Bank
and its directors and oficers, to forfeit
the charter Of the bank.
The European press discredit the sfo-
ries told Of confidential meeting in the
Isle Of Jersey between the German Crown
Prince and the Count OF Paris
SEvExrY-YivE immigrants, alleged to be
paupers. were detained at Castle Garden
New York. on the 18th. Thirty Of them.
whose friends promised to take care Of
them. were permitted TO 90, and the 9th
srs were held for further exam in alton.
THE merit roll Of the six-year class or |
naval cadets, out Of which assignments
will be made 70 Ill vacancies In the navy,
shows George r. Slocum OF Illinois ranks
No. Z; z w. Eberle, Of Arksns a., No. 10.
and Robert Z. Coontxe OF Hannibal, No,
No. "a The whole number OF cadets In
The class Is thirty one.
GOVERNOR LEE Of Virginia refused 70
respite Holmes Puryear, sentenced to be |
hanged on the 18th inst. for wife murder |
70 Dinwiddie County abouttwo years ago |
Tue ninth annual meeting OF the Ma |
tfonal Archery Association began at the |
arsenal grounds in Washington on the |
18th, In the presence OF q few hundred |
spectators Archers were present from /
Ohio, Kentucky. Michigan and other
States, As well as large number from
he city.
TIE time for the prese ntation OF claims /
Tor the Twigcs swords, captured AZ New /
Orleans in 1862 BY General B. F. Butler. i
The return OF which was authorized at the |
asst session Of Congress, has expired. Il
md the Secretary Of the Treasury has re- |,
'crred 70 the Court Of Claims all papers |,
received By him bearing upon the owner i
hip OF the property.
THERE was . disastrous Are on the
evening Of the 18th, In New York, In the \,
ong-establ ished photograph material /,
house Of X 8 H. I. Anthony. The entire
building was quickly ablase. The d re II
originated among some chemicals stored
q the rear on the third floor. The An
honys will probably lose 600. 900. |,
A MEMBER Of the Hull Yacht Club or
session, reports that on Sunday, the 10th,
while on board his Yacht which was
anchored between Deer and Long T.
ands, In Boston harbor. he saw . boat
i've men capsixe, mile away. |,
de put out In small boat for the place l,
where the accident occurred, but when
le arrived be could nnd nothing.
TIE town Of Knightsville, Ind, Wa II
'early destroyed on the morning Of the /,
9Th BY afire which started il the Indiana II
dercantile Company's general store. The
own had Just been rebuilt from I prc- /,